Every once and awhile I find a beautiful and or bizarre science thing I must share. This week it is the Blanket octopus above. They swim in the tropic and sub-tropic oceans, and they are exceedingly rare to see. Joseph Elayani captured one on video that shows off its incredible color and undulations.
Only the female Blanket octopi grow this webbing between their dorsal arms. This species has the largest size difference between males and females. The female Blanket octopus can grow as long as 2m (6 feet). Where the males are 2cm (1 inch). This is called sexual size dimorphism. Uniquely the male has a specialized arm just for mating which he detaches in the mating process and the female keeps until she is ready to fertilize her eggs. This species are also one of the few that are immune to stings from the Portuguese Man of War (a venomous jelly fish), and often yank off the jellies stingers to use as weapons against their predators.
All the pictures this week are taken from Joseph Elayani videos. They are relaxing and a brief reminder of the amazing animals and places in the world that we will be able to get back to in 2021. Stay safe. Wear a mask to help out our healthcare workers and keep others safe.
May light be on you, around you, and within you,
Nina
P.S. Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Sagittarius this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Gemini it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in now is the time.
Aries
King of Swords – Another week for you to use your mind for good. The Muse this week is advising you to continue in your decision making. This energy advises using your mind over your heart. For you need to envision consequences and the bigger picture, more than the heart’s perspective of how things feel. The challenge is not being so cold in how you communicate the reality of situations. This energy reminds you we work in the collective truth which sometimes can veer from the truth. Use soft nudges instead of “ramming” to corral people to a truer truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gguP7_GF1U&t=9s
Taurus
Four of Coins – Last week’s energy was about seeing what was not working because you were being too dogmatic, strict, or rigid. The energy continues this week with a bit of a clue on how to help yourself. This energy points to how you are using your resources. There is just not enough time, money and/or space to do what needs to happen. This leads to a sense of not enough or lacking. So last week’s Kali energy is reminding you the old ways are just not working. You will not gain the resources with the structures/paths you have right now. So take this time before we get into a new cosmic pattern at the end of December, to highlight all the places that you feel you need more of. Put it on your wish list for 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8ztcwNQLBQ&t=67s
Gemini
Page of Wands – You have been getting this card a lot this year. This is about you re-lighting your creativity, inspiration, and imagination. The eclipses that started this summer and will end next year are battery chargers for you and Sagittarius’s purpose for being here. You have this coming year to re-ignite your passion for the next 10-12 years. What magic are you going to bring into the world? Spend this week getting re-inspired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvvFq0NhurY
Cancer
Page of Coins – The energy this week is playful but also very practical. Play, learn, study, explore, and most importantly practice. This muse reminds you to truly play you must remember nothing is set in stone. So, as you make mistakes this week learn from them. When you are blocked go study how others have done it. The challenge is improving your skillset while having fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd9g98W9-FM&t=10s
Leo
Eight of Wands – This week will feel like it is speeding by and with it a bunch of information. The best way to deal with this is to grab what truly stands out or rises to the top. Pick eight things that need to get done and work on those only. If one thing gets stuck put on the bottom of the list and work on the next one until it is finished or has a log jam, then move to the next. Just keep rotating through your list until they are all crossed off or at least ones that were meant to be done this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr6rWUxnxnc
Virgo
*Death – This Muse heralds a time of release and change. Dig deeper in what aspects that have left you sterile. The death energy is about the ending of cycles as well as the rebirth of something new. Seems you all need to start this process a bit earlier then the rest of the signs for Solstice. Maybe you need to make a list of what you want to get rid of and bury it. Then on Solstice in a few weeks you can make a list of what you want and burn that. Change is inevitable; best you get a handle on what you want to change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c_ssq7SLVg&t=23s
Libra
King of Wands – The Muse this week wants you to take more control, and to do so you may need to enlist some helpers/co-conspirators. Something or someone around you needs to be inspired and taken to the next level. And this energy has tapped you to lead. Your confidence inspires others to action. The challenge is you may not feel up to the task. Your motto if needed: Fake it until you make it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn0MfUxEeUk&t=18s
Scorpio
*Empress – Time to start cooking up what you want to create 9 to 10 months from now. The Muse this week wields the creation energy. She challenges you to grow not only in bountiful environments, but she also instills the power to generate in places that others find barren. She inspires growth through healing, love, and compassion. Take that big Scorpio heart and expand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6x6Ql9b_YI&t=19s
Sagittarius
*Sun – Your second big card for birth year. Last week the energy of bringing the divine down into the World, told you that you have all the tools need to do this, but you need a focus. So last week the Muse started you on a path of goal setting. This week’s energy is about optimism and success, meaning you will have a conduit to the source of energy needed to accomplish anything you set your focus on. Keep adding to your goal list and this week you can start to see the steps that you will need to get to those goals. Leave out a paper so you can do a brain dump at any part of the day or night for the rest of the month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr6rWUxnxnc
Capricorn
King of Cups – Those pesky emotions will be bubbling up this week. These emotional eruptions are places where you need to do some releasing. So be conscious of when your emotional level goes above an 8, happy, jealousy, sad, anger, fear, etc… Let the emotion run through you and then out. Retain the lesson but not effects. Motto: I will face my “emotion”. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the “emotion” has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Dune by Frank Herbert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEXLjCqMWg&t=24s
Aquarius
Six of Cups – Last week the muses suggested getting in touch with how you want to feel, and your feelings will guide you like a fairy dust trail. This week continues that theme but tells you to investigate the past for extra help in either what you do or do not want to feel like. The past holds keys to finding the next set of breadcrumbs for 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9FqFDDB9E&t=24s
Pisces
Ace of Pentacles – The energy this week wants you to start seeding change on your physical plane. This looks like new projects to start, change your actual physical space, new job opportunities, or new exercise regimen. Any beginnings on the physical plan are blessed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgukIWxJ0ac&t=5s
Two of Swords – The energy this week advises now is the time to make some decisions. The challenge is that it feels like you are surrounded by mists of uncertainty. Sadly, it is not going to get any better this week and stagnation might become an overlying issue. So, this muse advises just make a choice left or right, move. You can always retrace your steps or continue. Have faith in yourself. 
*Tower – The Muse of the Tower is knocking, and you need to listen to her. Something(s) is not working in your life. This Muse of Kali is here to help you identify it. What have you been trying that is not working because it is too dogmatic, strict, or rigid? The challenge is you cannot blame this on others or your environment. This is about how you are coming at something, and if you continue to go on this path, the Tower will shake your world to make the change for you. Get ahead of this potential seismic downfall, be flexible, open and change things up. 
Two of Swords – Last week the Muse of Seclusion had you contemplating what needs to shift for the eclipsed full moon in your sign on November 30th. I hope you did your homework because this week is primed for making decisions to start on the path of 2021 before the rest of the signs. If you did your work, then then the challenge of choosing will come easily. If you didn’t, you’ll have to make a leap of faith. For the lesson either way is realizing the movement is more important than which direction you are heading. 
Knight of Cups – The energy this week is calling on your superpower of being in touch with your emotions. If you can channel them into your creative work, you will gallop into this week. The challenge is you will be wearing your heart on your sleeve, but no worries your emotions are like the rain – play in their puddles. 
Four of Wands – The energy this week centers in your home. This is a great week to make your abode comfier, inviting, and/or flexible. This can look as simple as getting some good smelling candles, fresh flowers, a plant, getting that big TV you have been wanting or making an area a tech free zone. Make your lair a place that makes you purr when you come home. 
Four of Swords – This is a great week to find moments to relax. Your “well” as been drained and this is the week to find space and time to unwind and pay a bit more attention to your health. Take walks in nature, turn off the tech for half a day, or mediate. The challenge is putting your thoughts down for a bit. Your video/song this week: 
Seven of Swords – Pay attention to your gut instincts and not your head this week. Everything is not exactly as it seems. There are some hidden objectives, but it is not for you to ferret it out. A better course of action is to avoid it. Or if you must interact follow your instincts instead of trying to follow or find logic in it. 
Two of Cups – Relationships are the focus this week. Make time to spend with your people. You need to sort your emotions out and have a good laugh. The only challenge is making sure you pick your companies that fill your cups as equally as you do theirs. 
*Magician – Your first big card for your birth year. This is the energy of bring the divine down into the World, a card of manifestation. You have lying before you the tools you will need to do so, but you need a focus. Take this week to commune with your destiny, your purpose and then start to set your intentions. You have all year to manifest so no rush but use the energy this week to start setting up your goals. 
Nine of Cups – The energy to work with this week is contentment. As a sign goes you do best if you have something to do. You rest in the flow of work. The challenge is you also need to find places of contentment in space, time, and the stillness within the doing and not doing. For it is one in the same. 
*Wheel – The Muse this week has left breadcrumbs of fate for you to follow. Life has its ups and downs, as signs goes you all can see this very well. The challenge is not being too grounded nor too head in the clouds to see these signs. So, this muse suggests that you spend this time getting in touch with how you want to feel. Your feelings will guide you like a fairy dust trail. Do not worry the Willow Wisps will not lead you into the bog, this time. 
Knight of Wands – The energy to seek out this week is inspiration and awe. You are needing a recharge. Your spark of passion needs some fuel to keep the fire lit. Listen to music, dance, experience art, and/or be in nature. Do activities that make you zing. 
*Death– Your final birth month card and it is another big energy card. So, you will have three muses to work with in the coming year. First, the muse of dreams and synchronicities helping you intuit how 2021 and your purpose will unfold. Then, the Muse of releasing old ideas, creating new story lines (remember new map – new ship) And finally, the Muse of Death or organic change. This is also your sign’s life card, which means this is your super-power, but you must do the work to make it so. This muse helps you see that the old is fodder for new growth and helps you work with the cycles and seasons. This is change that happens with some help from you and some from the universe. Your challenge is to tune yourself to the ebbs and flow of your environment, find new ways to traverse it and slowly guiding change. This coming year is a new chapter – What are you going to write?
King of Cups – The muse advises you to come at the days ahead quietly and calmly. However, you may run through an array of emotions this week, but you will find you are also in control. As a friend use to say You can let your emotions play with the radio, but they cannot drive the car.
Nine of Wands – Boundary setting is the issue this week. To get things done and to find time to rest you are going to have to adhere to well set rules and regulations. Planning is also key. This is not a week to go with the flow. Orderliness is imperative.
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